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  "title": "Malaysia closes schools in capital, parts of country due to haze",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/malaysia-closes-schools-in-capital-parts-of-country-due-to-haze-13106873",
  "topic": "world",
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  "published": "2026-10-09T09:20:04.000Z",
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  "summary": "Malaysia closed schools in Kuala Lumpur and other parts of the country Friday as haze from fires in neighboring Indonesia again pushed local air quality to some of the world's worst levels.",
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        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Haze worsens in Malaysia: Nine areas breach 180 API, Seremban still the worst at 189",
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        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Malaysia closes schools in capital, parts of country due to haze",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/malaysia-closes-schools-in-capital-parts-of-country-due-to-haze",
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        "outlet": "The Jakarta Post",
        "title": "Malaysia closes schools in capital, parts of country due to haze",
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        "title": "Malaysia closes schools in capital, parts of country due to haze",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/malaysia-closes-schools-in-capital-parts-of-country-due-to-haze-13081709",
        "published": "2026-10-09T09:25:15.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Malaysia shuts schools as haze from Indonesian fires chokes Southeast Asia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/malaysia-shuts-schools-as-haze-from-indonesian-fires-chokes-southeast",
        "published": "2026-10-09T12:53:01.000Z"
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